Kudos to WBR for streaming Chess while waiting for DVDs

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Animalin	Kudos to WBR for streaming Chess while waiting for DVDs	Lead	[-]
Posts: 7178 (06/29/09 12:09:10) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Just wanted to let out a kudos to WBR to actually being innovative and making Chess "preview" available to us who has pre-ordered the limited edition Chess online. (2 hours and 24 minutes...one heck of a "preview")lol! Sure, I would have loved to see my copy on time on my big TV, but hey, this will tide me over! Kudos guys, nice work! Edited: Maybe I should add that I got the link, username and password in an e-mail from WBR just a few minutes ago. Malin The Official Josh Groban Music Yahoo Group Important info for new and old posters Nothing is impossible, miracles just take a bit longer Last Edited By: Animalin 06/29/09 12:14:04. Edited 1 time.
Bearded Collie fan		#1	[-]
Posts: 5956 (06/29/09 12:31:22) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Absolutely. Thank you! Lauren "DANCE as though no one is watching you. LOVE as though you have never been hurt before. SING as though no one can hear you. LIVE as though Heaven is on Earth"-Souza "Imagine trying to purchase a Steinway or Stradivarius set of vocal cords!"-March 30th Chicago Tribune 'Lift Every Voice'
VACarol		#2	[-]
Posts: 1362 (06/29/09 14:27:28) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Oooo, thanks for the heads up, Malin.
patticake	chess DVDs	#3	[-]
Posts: 1508 (06/29/09 14:44:53) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Guess what go to B and N. They are fully stocked! patticake
Animalin		#4	[-]
Posts: 7179 (06/29/09 15:35:47) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Patti, the copies at B and N are not the same as the LIMITED EDITION. At B&N you can buy the CD OR the DVD. This is what the WBR store here is offering: Chess in Concert Limited Edition 2CD/DVD Package Available to Pre-Order Now! Releases: 07.21.2009 In May 2008, an all-star cast gathered to perform Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus' "Chess." The star-studded cast, featuring Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, and Marti Pellow, brought this classic musical to life at the legendary Royal Albert Hall along with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the West End Chorus. This Limited Edition Package Includes: Exclusive 3 disc set (2CD/1DVD) featuring music and video from the stunning performances of the concert version of Chess from Royal Albert Hall in May 2008. Please note that the DVD is region free! Full color booklet with cast photos & a synopsis written by Tim Rice Sheet music for "Anthem" and "I Know Him So Well" MP3 download of the 2CD audio content delivered to you instantly! (Check your confirmation email for more details) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the 16th we who had preordered this LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE could click on a link in an e-mail that was sent out and download both the CD's to our computers... I did it just after midnight, before any stores where opened. Today they sent out another e-mail with a new link to watch the DVD online until we get it delivered in July. Of course we got a username and a password to be able to get in, but it is running exceptionally smooth. And those of us who chose to get this package as one unit with all the extra stuff, I found this being a great solution. I checked B&N and all I saw there was one version with the DVD for 13.99 online if you are not a member and the 2 disc CD cost 17.99 online for non members. That makes a sum of $31.98. Same with Amazon... yes they have a "red cover", but if you read the fine print, there is no 2 CD/1DVD combo with extra stuff. I know you can buy these items in most stores on the 16th, but as long as I can't find the sheet music and synopsis and booklet Now that so many has been lauging at people like me who ordered the LIMITED EDITION and kept on questioning why we are waiting when B and N are fully stocked and they already have their copies.... Is it ok if I get to be just a 10th as sarcastic when people are starting to chase down copies of it once it is out of print? Am I the only one who remembers Closer Limited Edition with the only studio recording My December? You're the only place? People are constantly trying to find a copy, but once they where sold out, there where sold out. I expect to see the same thing happening here. I am just really happy that WBR has done something really well. The Official Josh Groban Music Yahoo Group Important info for new and old posters Nothing is impossible, miracles just take a bit longer
sybil11159		#5	[-]
Posts: 1524 (06/29/09 19:37:51) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks Warner, it was good while it lasted. It stopped dead just a little over half way thru. Anybody else??
paxinterra		#6	[-]
Posts: 295 (06/29/09 19:40:24) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It played all the way through for me. I only tried it once though.
epalist		#7	[-]
Posts: 4062 (06/29/09 20:03:54) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	That may have been because it got overloaded. Try again later. I bought the dvd and just watched it tonight, and WHOA!!!! It is SOOOO GOOOOOD!!!! I love it! Gonna watch it over and over! Josh is wonderful in it! He must be beaming with pride, and he deserves to be. Watched it on my computer here, but I can't wait to put it on the biggest screen in the house! Beautiful performance, Josh! ...and company! Wow! *Creating Josh* Please HELP Restore these Meaningful Memories & Milestones for Josh *Integrity of the Heart: Not Selling Your Soul* for a Lesser Goal!!** Josh's extraordinary work requires a certain vulnerability among his listeners, the ability to allow oneself to feel, without fear, without anxiety. His music is not passive listening, but rather of depths that are worn and experienced very, very deeply, and, as a result, likewise entrusted to one's most significant life events and meaningfulnesses, invested that profoundly. Selflessly protect that trust, and a world of opportunities await, for him, for them, for yourself!! Love him enough to keep it real!
Animalin		#8	[-]
Posts: 7181 (06/29/09 20:31:55) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Mine had no problems running all the way through Sybil. Have you tried to empty out your cache and set up your virtual memory to max. (That last means a setting in Explorer if you run windows, where the computer takes up a small part of your harddrive and deposits some info there while also running through the normal memory) Try a couple of times and if it sees to be stopping at the same place, drop me a PM and I will try my darndest to try and help you out Epalist, I have enjoyed Chess since the concept album and the tour that followed before it was put up on West end and later the fiasco at Broadway. I have enjoyed all of Josh performances, and this time his voice has reached the same maturity, richness and control that Tommy Körberg had 25 years ago. (still have to a high degree, but he has aged and so has his voice) We had finally got a new 46" LCD LED TV, my husbands first surround system with 5.1 Dolby and DTS running and it was also aired in high definition here, so I cranked up the volume until I almost felt the bas tremble in my stomach. When Josh sang Anthem, one of my favorite songs of all time and the only cover I have ever wanted Josh to do, this time I had goosebumps all over and tears were streaming down my face. For once, David didn't have his perfect timing of saying stupid things in emotional scenes.... he just grabbed me the Kleenex box and handed it over. Malin The Official Josh Groban Music Yahoo Group Important info for new and old posters Nothing is impossible, miracles just take a bit longer
cheekymonkie		#9	[-]
Posts: 9253 (06/29/09 21:27:25) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I also thought it was a wonderful gesture by WB since the delivery was delayed. Adam's performance of Pity the Child was especially poignant in this one...I first saw it on Broadway. Idina was much better in the part of Florence than I thought she would be from the clips that were floating around...Josh should be bursting with pride over this one, it is magnificent. I have several versions of the music too but this one, the British version I think it is, works so well with the story of Chess at the beginning and all the added music. WOW, I plan on wearing out at least one DVD. ~ Cheeky ~ "I'm the hardest person on myself. No critic could possibly touch how hard I am on myself." -- Josh ("Closer to Josh," Calgary Sun, September 2, 2004) ==DON'T LET ME GO IT ALONE== Videos - Pictures - Articles - Your Source for Josh Media
Bolton		#10	[-]
Posts: 10 (06/30/09 00:57:06) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I jsut get a blank screen, any idea why?
jgsmts19		#11	[-]
Posts: 1 (06/30/09 04:31:21) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	First time poster... I didn't realize that they were doing this until I saw this thread on the board...then I checked my email account and voila! All my plans for the evening went out the door as I watched it again. The reason why I bought this particular package was the value + the sheet music. I was also pleasantly surprised that as soon as I placed the order, I received an email telling me how to download the CD. So I've been listening to the music daily at work since it aired on June 17.
lilyflower411		#12	[-]
Posts: 717 (06/30/09 06:35:50) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	i've already pre-ordered and just waiting my my copy (thanks WBR for the digital downloads and dvd preview) but was just wondering out of curiosity (and a little confusion)... is there a 2-DVD set out there? cuz i thought i saw that at Borders on a poster saying they also have the highlight dvd and the 2-CD set...Thanks "Love is a condition in which happiness of another person is essential to your own" (Robert Heinlein) "We need not think alike to love alike" (Francis David) "If I know what love is, it is because of you" (Hermann Hesse) "True love begins when nothing is looked for in return" (Antoine De Saint-Exupery) "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear" (unknown)
Killerqueen		#13	[-]
Posts: 1274 (06/30/09 07:30:23) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Animalin wrote: Kudos guys, nice work! You took the words right out of my mouth Thanks WBR! "I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day."
Natiest		#14	[-]
Posts: 1555 (06/30/09 09:14:20) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I think it is cool they did this, but I can't watch it, it keep stopping all the time JGV-ID# 053, Josh's vamp #51, josh's angel of neck and freckles and princess of josh's curls Stamps by Yadi
Animalin		#15	[-]
Posts: 7183 (06/30/09 11:23:15) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It is run with Adobe Flash player version 10, so start with making sure you have the right player installed on your machine. If you have, right-click on the screen and go to Settings and click there. In the little square that comes up, go to the third icon, the one showing a folder. Click on it. Pull that settting to unlimited use of yoru hard drive. (mine is not needing any what memory of my computer, but I have a RAM memory beast...) You can always go through and clear temp interenet folders. It is streaming fine for me today again... What kind of compnuters are you running on> Mac, PC. School, libraries, do you have certain security setting not allowing you to stream media from online? Malin The Official Josh Groban Music Yahoo Group Important info for new and old posters Nothing is impossible, miracles just take a bit longer
Cindy aka Lizzie		#16	[-]
Posts: 8478 (06/30/09 19:03:57) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks so much, WBR! What a treat! ~~ Cindy ~~ The-GNN: The Groban News Network Videos - Pictures - Articles - Your Source for Josh Media
melilotka		#17	[-]
Posts: 201 (07/01/09 12:15:53) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	lilyflower411 wrote: i've already pre-ordered and just waiting my my copy (thanks WBR for the digital downloads and dvd preview) but was just wondering out of curiosity (and a little confusion)... is there a 2-DVD set out there? cuz i thought i saw that at Borders on a poster saying they also have the highlight dvd and the 2-CD set...Thanks There is no 2-DVD set. Highlights is the CD. Renata Proud supporter of Birthday Wishes Wall 2009 Foster Grobie daughter to universal Mother "perfectlybohemiam", grobie Sister to Lea, Anita, Mary and Anna. You girls rock!! "There are no words to describe how it feels to be so loved and supported. You bring balance to my life and teach me every day what it means to have inner strength." Josh Groban facebook, myspace, youtube, vimeo
epalist	How to...	#18	[-]
Posts: 4067 (07/01/09 14:03:12) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I think it is cool they did this, but I can't watch it, it keep stopping all the time Try adjusting your computer's "hardware accelerator," or the same on your media player. It is often the culprit when you can't watch a video (or dvd). Reads ahead, or needs to...that sort of thing. It's a slider <-----------------> type and easy to adjust one way or the other. *Creating Josh* Please HELP Restore these Meaningful Memories & Milestones for Josh *Integrity of the Heart: Not Selling Your Soul* for a Lesser Goal!!** Josh's extraordinary work requires a certain vulnerability among his listeners, the ability to allow oneself to feel, without fear, without anxiety. His music is not passive listening, but rather of depths that are worn and experienced very, very deeply, and, as a result, likewise entrusted to one's most significant life events and meaningfulnesses, invested that profoundly. Selflessly protect that trust, and a world of opportunities await, for him, for them, for yourself!! Love him enough to keep it real!
sybil11159		#19	[-]
Posts: 1525 (07/01/09 16:46:29) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Success! I just watched it all the way thru. A click on the blank screen as suggested by Warners does work! Thank you, Warners!
Natiest		#20	[-]
Posts: 1556 (07/02/09 03:45:21) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I did manage to watch it, yesterday from my home computer. I really love it, and can't wait to watch on my 52' Plasma TV. Some of the songs are great just to hear, but when you watch them there singing is just beyond great. I think Adam owns the stage, the guy who plays Molokov is also amazing. Love the Choir, the Merano song is fantastic. I mus tconfess I was worried about Josh acting skills, but after I watched I think he was really good. And I think that his acting highlight is during the Interview, as of his singing I don't think I need to say how amazing and mature his voice song, specially if you compare with the 2003 version of Chess, I like how his voice stands out from the others when they sing together, like in Quartet (which by the way is one of my favorites). Idina's voice still annoys me. Once again, Thanks WB!!! JGV-ID# 053, Josh's vamp #51, josh's angel of neck and freckles and princess of josh's curls Stamps by Yadi

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